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Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017
by Alex Stinson 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Hello Wikimedians! We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref organizers this month. If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned from last year’s great campaign: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th birthday in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to Wikipedia, by adding a reference”. What’s new? Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” so we are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15 through February 3. We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and b) fits better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various activities. We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal gatherings: librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical events. We think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about Wikipedia with their peers and add their one reference. The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a series of discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer template for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build the kit, or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know. How you can help We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared foundation for understanding and entering our community. If you would like to coordinate #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps: 1. Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary 2. Fill out this survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_FGCAua4Z6Ua… 3. Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for randomly being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the top right. 1. URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ 2. Report Bugs or request features or language support: https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues 4. Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit summary field. - URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags - Report bugs or request features or language support: https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new 1. Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it ready for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an email that it’s ready. 2. Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities. We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your help--it should be a lot of fun. Best, Alex Stinson Jake Orlowitz -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org

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Help us get the word out about our #wikilib training
by Proffitt,Merrilee 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Hi all, We put up a web page about our grant funded #wikilib training program. Please help us get the word out, especially to librarians in your networks. They can sign up to get information and updates. http://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html -- Merrilee Proffitt OCLC * Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research 155 Bovet Rd, Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94402 T +1-650-287-2136 [OCLC]<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo> OCLC.org<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link> * Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726> * Twitter<http://twitter.com/oclc> * YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo>

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UNSUBSCRIBE RE: Libraries Digest, Vol 53, Issue 9
by ELENA IVANOV 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 08:00 AM, libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Send Libraries mailing list submissions to > libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > libraries-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Libraries digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New book: 21st Century Skills Development through > Inquiry-based Learning (samchu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 04:26:59 +0000 > From: samchu To: "libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org" Subject: [libraries] > New book: 21st Century Skills Development through > Inquiry-based Learning > Message-ID: <1478147219700.19513(a)hku.hk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Introducing you our new book: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, > N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills > Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. > New York: Springer Science. (eBook - > http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795) > > > > The 21st century is characterized by the rapid progress in technology. > It is also defined by the complex nature of problems we face in the > world today. Hence, it is crucial for a learner to be information and > computer-literate in order to tackle the challenges that lie ahead. > > > The monotonous and burdensome nature of traditional teaching has > failed to cultivate innovativeness and learning interest among > students. This book offers the key to making learning environments fun > and inspiring. The book explores the theoretical implications of > inquiry-based pedagogical approaches and uses empirical evidences > collected from comprehensive and well-designed research studies to > offer innovative instructional interventions that support inquiry > project-based learning as an approach to equip students with > twenty-first century skills. The book contains the following chapters: > > 1. Introduction > 2. Twenty-First Century Skills and Global Education Roadmaps > 3. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Hong Kong and > Shenzhen, China: Inquiry Project-Based and Collaborative > Teaching/Learning Supported by Wiki > 4. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Switzerland: An > Example of Project-Based Learning Using Wiki in Science Education > 5. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in the U.S.: An Example > of an Inquiry-Based Game Design Learning Approach > 6. Teachers' Professional Development > 7. Guides and Suggestions for Classroom Implementation > 8. Assessment Instruments for Twenty-First Century Skills > 9. Summary and Conclusions > > > The book targets at academic researchers, education practitioners, > policymakers, parents, and e-learning service providers who wish to > support an evolving set of skills and knowledge in learners to prepare > them well for active engagement in the drastic technological changes > in the twenty-first century. > > > Sam > -------------------------------------------------- > Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies > Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education > Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Ranked 6th best in > the world - QS 2015, 2016) > Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong > Managing Editor, Journal of Information & Knowledge Management > Tel: (852) 2241-5894 | Fax: (852) 2517-7194 > E-mail: samchu(a)hku.hk > Skype Name - chukaiwahsamuel > Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu > -------------------------------------------------- > Latest publications: > Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. > (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based > Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook > - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795) > > Huang, H., Chu, S.K.W., & Chen, D. (2015). Interactions between > English-Speaking and Chinese-Speaking users and librarians on Social > Networking Sites. Journal of the American Society for Information > Science and Technology, 66(6), 1150-1166. > (http://web.hku.hk/~samchu/docs/Huang-in-press-Interactions-between-English.…) > Ranked 13/85 in ISI's Information & Library Science category - top > 15%; Impact Factor: 1.9 (JCR 2014) > > Cheng, E.W.L., Chu, S.K.W., & Ma, C.S.M. (2015). Tertiary students' > intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing > link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model. British > Journal of Educational Technology. Ranked 61/262 in ISI's Education > category - top 23%; Impact Factor: 1.3 (JCR 2014) >

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UNSUBSCRIBE RE: Libraries Digest, Vol 53, Issue 10
by ELENA IVANOV 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

Elena On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 03:13 PM, libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Send Libraries mailing list submissions to > libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > libraries-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Libraries digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [GLAM-US] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017 (Jake Orlowitz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:12:44 +0000 > From: Jake Orlowitz To: North American Cultural Partnerships > , "Wikimedia & Libraries" > > Cc: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration \[Public\]" > , Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners > coordination Subject: Re: [libraries] [GLAM-US] Getting ready for > #1lib1ref 2017 > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > That's perfect cause this year we're running #1lib1ref this year from > Jan > 15th for almost *3* weeks, to give people more time to participate and > get > involved. > > Jake > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 10:10 AM Kathleen DeLaurenti < > kathleendelaurenti(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would love to participate in something at Midwinter! >> >> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Proffitt,Merrilee >> wrote: >> >> Good timing. I’m in Seattle for the day so we can do some planning >> for our >> grants. We want to use #1lib as a way of building interest in our >> program >> and this would tie in nicely! >> >> >> >> Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer >> OCLC Research >> >> >> >> *From:* Libraries [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Marks, Sara R >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 01, 2016 6:19 AM >> *To:* Wikimedia & Libraries *Cc:* Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration >> [Public] ; >> Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination < >> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>; North American Cultural Partnerships >> < >> glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [libraries] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017 >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> ALA Mid-winter in Atlanta happens during this time period: January >> 20-24. >> Do we want to organize something at a local library, at the >> convention, or >> someplace else. >> >> Would OCLC or one of the interest groups be willing to sponsor an >> edit-a-thon? >> >> I am going to post this to the FB group too. >> >> Sara >> >> >> >> Sara Marks >> Instruction & Outreach Librarian >> UMass Lowell - O'Leary Library Rm. 260A >> 978-934-4581 >> sara_marks(a)uml.edu >> Appointments: https://saramarks.youcanbook.me >> Twitter: @sara_marks >> Wikipedia: Librarygurl >> " I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; >> curiosity, >> obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have >> brought >> me to my ideas.” - Albert Einstein >> >> >> >> On Oct 31, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Alex Stinson wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello Wikimedians! >> >> >> >> We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref >> organizers >> this month. >> >> >> >> If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned >> from >> last year’s great campaign: >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons >> >> >> >> >> As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th >> birthday in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to >> Wikipedia, by adding a reference”. >> >> >> >> *What’s new?* >> >> >> >> Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would >> have >> planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and >> time” so >> we are* extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from >> January >> 15 through February 3*. >> >> >> >> We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of >> communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and >> b) >> fits better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in >> the >> Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various >> activities. >> >> >> >> We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal >> gatherings: >> librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical >> events. We >> think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is >> developing a* coffee hour kit* that provides enough material to help >> librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about >> Wikipedia with their peers and add their one reference. >> >> >> >> The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a >> series >> of discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer >> template for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help >> build >> the kit, or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know. >> >> >> >> *How you can help* >> >> >> >> We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in >> your >> region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know >> librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the >> campaign’s >> story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared >> foundation >> for understanding and entering our community. If you would like to >> coordinate #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps: >> >> >> >> 1. Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group: >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary >> >> >> >> 1. Fill out this survey: >> >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_FGCAua4Z6Ua… >> >> >> 1. Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows >> for >> randomly being offered a citation. Check if your language is >> supported in >> the top right. >> >> >> 1. URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ >> >> >> 1. Report Bugs or request features or language support: >> https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues >> >> >> 1. Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through >> the >> edit summary field. >> >> >> - URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags >> >> >> - Report bugs or request features or language support: >> https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new >> >> >> 1. Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to >> have >> it ready for translation no later than November 10th and will >> notify you >> with an email that it’s ready. >> >> >> 1. Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to >> participate during the campaign through a) communications or b) >> activities. >> >> >> >> We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your >> help--it should be a lot of fun. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Alex Stinson >> >> Jake Orlowitz >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Alex Stinson >> >> GLAM-Wiki Strategist >> >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads >> >> >> >> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and >> other >> Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: >> http://glamwiki.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GLAM-US mailing list >> GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us >> >

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New book: 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning
by samchu 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Introducing you our new book: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795) The 21st century is characterized by the rapid progress in technology. It is also defined by the complex nature of problems we face in the world today. Hence, it is crucial for a learner to be information and computer-literate in order to tackle the challenges that lie ahead. The monotonous and burdensome nature of traditional teaching has failed to cultivate innovativeness and learning interest among students. This book offers the key to making learning environments fun and inspiring. The book explores the theoretical implications of inquiry-based pedagogical approaches and uses empirical evidences collected from comprehensive and well-designed research studies to offer innovative instructional interventions that support inquiry project-based learning as an approach to equip students with twenty-first century skills. The book contains the following chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Twenty-First Century Skills and Global Education Roadmaps 3. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China: Inquiry Project-Based and Collaborative Teaching/Learning Supported by Wiki 4. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Switzerland: An Example of Project-Based Learning Using Wiki in Science Education 5. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in the U.S.: An Example of an Inquiry-Based Game Design Learning Approach 6. Teachers' Professional Development 7. Guides and Suggestions for Classroom Implementation 8. Assessment Instruments for Twenty-First Century Skills 9. Summary and Conclusions The book targets at academic researchers, education practitioners, policymakers, parents, and e-learning service providers who wish to support an evolving set of skills and knowledge in learners to prepare them well for active engagement in the drastic technological changes in the twenty-first century. Sam -------------------------------------------------- Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Ranked 6th best in the world - QS 2015, 2016) Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Managing Editor, Journal of Information & Knowledge Management Tel: (852) 2241-5894 | Fax: (852) 2517-7194 E-mail: samchu(a)hku.hk Skype Name - chukaiwahsamuel Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu -------------------------------------------------- Latest publications: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795) Huang, H., Chu, S.K.W., & Chen, D. (2015). Interactions between English-Speaking and Chinese-Speaking users and librarians on Social Networking Sites. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 66(6), 1150-1166. (http://web.hku.hk/~samchu/docs/Huang-in-press-Interactions-between-English.…) Ranked 13/85 in ISI's Information & Library Science category - top 15%; Impact Factor: 1.9 (JCR 2014) Cheng, E.W.L., Chu, S.K.W., & Ma, C.S.M. (2015). Tertiary students' intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model. British Journal of Educational Technology. Ranked 61/262 in ISI's Education category - top 23%; Impact Factor: 1.3 (JCR 2014)

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Re: [libraries] [GLAM] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017
by Proffitt,Merrilee 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

I hate to argue with Bob, or Daniel (or anyone frankly) but I’d like to weigh in and say that for MOST librarians, the most useful thing would be an overview and introduction to Wikipedia. This is the resource they are most familiar with (or think that they are….). Most librarians do not do cataloging or authority control and although they may be interested in this I do not think that Wikidata is a natural starting point for MOST librarians. And if you are talking about ALA you are talking about librarians of all stripes. Start with the thing they already know about, demystify it for them, and leave them wanting more. There is plenty. Wikidata for some, Commons for others, and the Education track for others. But patrons start at Wikipedia and so should librarians. I’m seeing if OCLC would be willing to help host something at ALA midwinter (I think the dates do not exactly line up with #1lib1ref, but that’s okay…) Your librarian in residence, Merrilee From: GLAM [mailto:glam-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Raymond Leonard Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 2:07 PM To: Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>; wikiCite <wikicite(a)wikimedia.org>; North American Cultural Partnerships <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [GLAM] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017 Folks, I may be preaching to the choir, but I think that there are two important pieces for encouraging librarians in entering bibliographic data into & retrieving it from Wikidata . The first would be some sort of web form that has multiple inputs with pre-determined properties such as Work, Edition, & Cataloging properties listed at :wikidata:Template:Book properties<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Book_properties> & :d:Wikidata:WikiProject Books <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books> . (especially the OCLC #!!!) While this may be contrary to the way things normally go into Wikidata, it could provide a format that I believe many librarians would find more user friendly. I write this as someone who once entered journal bibliographic data into a minicomputer<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer>-based online university catalog about 2½ decades ago. Some means for automatically loading MARC &/or OCLC data into Wikidata might also be a viable method, too. The second would be to implement a citation module for placing data into articles. The French Wikipedia (& I have also heard the Arabic Wikipedia) has already done this. It would be truly beneficial to get this translated to the English Wikipedia, although it would be better yet if we could come up a means of putting the module on a repository that could be used across projects. I am neither fluent in Lua or French, so producing an English version is a challenge for me, otherwise I would do it. Here's an example of how the French Wikipedia & Wikidata work together to produce a citation: Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties item in Wikdata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23906197?uselang=en The Modèle:Bibliographie (bibliographic template): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Bibliographie How the Wikimarkup looks for its use in Chocolat article ( {{bibliographie|Q23906197}} should be at the top): https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chocolat&action=edit&section=50 What the end result looks like (Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties should be at the top): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat#Bibliographie Yours, Peaceray<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray> -- peaceray(a)cascadia.wiki<mailto:peaceray@cascadia.wiki> (forwards to) raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com<mailto:raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky(a)nypl.org<mailto:bobkosovsky@nypl.org>> wrote: Great suggestion, Daniel. I think there can should be a greater effort to promoting Wikidata among librarians with technical expertise because it is closer to what these librarians do (especially among catalogers and other tech types). In sessions introducing editing Wikipedia that included librarians, I've seen the librarians express greater interest in Wikidata than the encyclopedia. Bob Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - [http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/E-signature.jpg] Inspiring Lifelong Learning | Advancing Knowledge | Strengthening Our Communities On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Mietchen <daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com<mailto:daniel.mietchen@googlemail.com>> wrote: Thanks, Alex and Jake, for keeping the ball rolling on this. Have you considered including a Wikidata component? In the long run, I expect librarians to spend more of their Wikimedia time on Wikidata, especially around https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData . Cheers, d. On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:astinson@wikimedia.org>> wrote: > Hello Wikimedians! > > > We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref organizers this > month. > > > If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned from > last year’s great campaign: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons > > > As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th birthday > in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to Wikipedia, by > adding a reference”. > > > What’s new? > > > Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have > planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” so we > are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15 > through February 3. > > > We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of > communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and b) fits > better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the > Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various activities. > > > We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal gatherings: > librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical events. We > think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is > developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help > librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about Wikipedia > with their peers and add their one reference. > > > The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a series of > discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer template > for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build the kit, > or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know. > > > How you can help > > > We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your > region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know > librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s > story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared foundation for > understanding and entering our community. If you would like to coordinate > #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps: > > > Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary > > Fill out this survey: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_FGCAua4Z6Ua… > > Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for randomly > being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the top > right. > > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ > > Report Bugs or request features or language support: > https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues > > Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit > summary field. > > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags > > Report bugs or request features or language support: > https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new > > Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it ready > for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an > email that it’s ready. > > Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate > during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities. > > > We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your help--it > should be a lot of fun. > > > Best, > > Alex Stinson > Jake Orlowitz > > -- > Alex Stinson > GLAM-Wiki Strategist > Wikimedia Foundation > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads > > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other > Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: > http://glamwiki.org > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:GLAM@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > _______________________________________________ GLAM mailing list GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:GLAM@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam _______________________________________________ GLAM mailing list GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:GLAM@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

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Re: [libraries] [GLAM] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017
by Alex Stinson 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hey Daniel, et al, I do think Wikidata is going to open up a lot of doors for us really, really soon: and we are starting to see a lot of early adopters do experiments with it in campaigns ( If you haven't yet, weigh in on the proposal at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Music_in_Canada_@_150:_A_Wik… ). I want to echo Peaceray's note about the complication of working in Wikidata for Archival/Library specialists around bibliographic data: - Part of the problem with metadata work on Wikidata, is that I don't think I have seen an optimal "Quick and simple introduction to Wikidata contribution for professionals" yet. I think the Wikidata Games make a big difference, but aren't fully their yet for bibliographic data (one or two more years of WikiCite work, and I think we will be there). Building out teaching modules, and the simple activities that would be appealing to different audiences would be awesome! - Also, unlike adding a reference to a source to a Wikipedia page (which is like answering a reference desk question), freely changing bibliographic metadata could really challenge the broader culture of libraries which tend to not favor rapid transformation of metadata. The libraries community uses citation/bibliographic for a variety of purposes, and there is a culture of applying different schemas for different local purposes, and then not being comfortable with changing someone else's record, because it might have unintended impact on those local purposes. Until we have really clear Wikimedia and external use cases for the data, and we have engaged more librarians in understanding if our current schemas/recommendations work well for many library purposes, I (personally) am not quite ready to ask thousands of librarians to add bibliographic metadata to Wikidata. I think it would invite a lot of confusion and/or force less-than thorough solutions to some of the questions being worked on by the WikiCite community (correct me if I am wrong librarians and WikiCite-rs on this thread). That being said, I would love to see some local experiments around Wikidata in the campaign: if you have ideas, and want to host either small events or try sharing an engagement activity as part of the social media push: do it! Whatever works well can be iterated more broadly into the campaign for 2018. We hope that #1lib1ref offers a platform for experimenting with library outreach, in any number of directions (like how Art+Feminism has opened up conversations with the arts community). The other opportunity, in my mind, is to do a seperate identifier and authority control campaign at some other point -- that relies heavily on Mix-n-match and the Distributed Game and could call on collaboration across all GLAMs. Building awareness that we are doing Authority Control Synchronization and how Wikidata adds value to using Authority controls, could open up a lot of conversations with these wider professional communities. Cheers, Alex Stinson P.S. Love the idea of an ALA gathering :) On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Raymond Leonard < raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > I may be preaching to the choir, but I think that there are two important > pieces for encouraging librarians in entering bibliographic data into & > retrieving it from Wikidata . > > The first would be some sort of web form that has multiple inputs with > pre-determined properties such as Work, Edition, & Cataloging properties > listed at :wikidata:Template:Book properties > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Book_properties> & :d:Wikidata:WikiProject > Books <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books>. (*especially > the OCLC #!!!*) While this may be contrary to the way things normally go > into Wikidata, it could provide a format that I believe many librarians > would find more user friendly. I write this as someone who once entered > journal bibliographic data into a minicomputer > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer>-based online university > catalog about 2½ decades ago. Some means for automatically loading MARC > &/or OCLC data into Wikidata might also be a viable method, too. > > The second would be to implement a citation module for placing data into > articles. The French Wikipedia (& I have also heard the Arabic Wikipedia) > has already done this. It would be truly beneficial to get this translated > to the English Wikipedia, although it would be better yet if we could come > up a means of putting the module on a repository that could be used across > projects. I am neither fluent in Lua or French, so producing an English > version is a challenge for me, otherwise I would do it. > > Here's an example of how the French Wikipedia & Wikidata work together to > produce a citation: > > *Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties* item in > Wikdata: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23906197?uselang=en > > The Modèle:Bibliographie (bibliographic template): > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Bibliographie > > How the Wikimarkup looks for its use in *Chocolat* article ( > {{bibliographie|Q23906197}} should be at the top): > https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chocolat&action=edit&section=50 > > What the end result looks like (Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en > quatre parties should be at the top): > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat#Bibliographie > > Yours, > > Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray> > -- > > peaceray(a)cascadia.wiki (forwards to) > raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky(a)nypl.org> > wrote: > >> Great suggestion, Daniel. I think there can should be a greater effort >> to promoting Wikidata among librarians with technical expertise because it >> is closer to what these librarians do (especially among catalogers and >> other tech types). In sessions introducing editing Wikipedia that included >> librarians, I've seen the librarians express greater interest in Wikidata >> than the encyclopedia. >> >> Bob >> >> >> Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, >> Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts >> blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 >> Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users >> - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - >> >> *Inspiring Lifelong Learning* | *Advancing Knowledge* | *Strengthening >> Our Communities * >> >> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Mietchen < >> daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Alex and Jake, for keeping the ball rolling on this. >>> >>> Have you considered including a Wikidata component? In the long run, I >>> expect librarians to spend more of their Wikimedia time on Wikidata, >>> especially around >>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData . >>> >>> Cheers, >>> d. >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> > Hello Wikimedians! >>> > >>> > >>> > We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref >>> organizers this >>> > month. >>> > >>> > >>> > If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned >>> from >>> > last year’s great campaign: >>> > >>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons >>> > >>> > >>> > As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th >>> birthday >>> > in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to >>> Wikipedia, by >>> > adding a reference”. >>> > >>> > >>> > What’s new? >>> > >>> > >>> > Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have >>> > planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” >>> so we >>> > are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15 >>> > through February 3. >>> > >>> > >>> > We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of >>> > communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and >>> b) fits >>> > better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the >>> > Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various >>> activities. >>> > >>> > >>> > We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal >>> gatherings: >>> > librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical >>> events. We >>> > think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is >>> > developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help >>> > librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about >>> Wikipedia >>> > with their peers and add their one reference. >>> > >>> > >>> > The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a >>> series of >>> > discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer >>> template >>> > for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build the >>> kit, >>> > or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know. >>> > >>> > >>> > How you can help >>> > >>> > >>> > We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your >>> > region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know >>> > librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s >>> > story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared >>> foundation for >>> > understanding and entering our community. If you would like to >>> coordinate >>> > #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps: >>> > >>> > >>> > Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group: >>> > https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary >>> > >>> > Fill out this survey: >>> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU0 >>> 2bp_FGCAua4Z6UaBj7P6Gcn1csT-6g/viewform >>> > >>> > Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for >>> randomly >>> > being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the >>> top >>> > right. >>> > >>> > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ >>> > >>> > Report Bugs or request features or language support: >>> > https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues >>> > >>> > Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit >>> > summary field. >>> > >>> > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags >>> > >>> > Report bugs or request features or language support: >>> > https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new >>> > >>> > Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it >>> ready >>> > for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an >>> > email that it’s ready. >>> > >>> > Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate >>> > during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities. >>> > >>> > >>> > We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your >>> help--it >>> > should be a lot of fun. >>> > >>> > >>> > Best, >>> > >>> > Alex Stinson >>> > Jake Orlowitz >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Alex Stinson >>> > GLAM-Wiki Strategist >>> > Wikimedia Foundation >>> > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads >>> > >>> > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and >>> other >>> > Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: >>> > http://glamwiki.org >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > GLAM mailing list >>> > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GLAM mailing list >>> GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GLAM mailing list >> GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org

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by ELENA IVANOV 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

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